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Definition of Kanaf
1. Noun. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
Generic synonyms: Hibiscus
Terms within: Deccan Hemp, Kenaf
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kanaf
Literary usage of Kanaf
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"... the primum mobile of the celestial mechanism, without the intervention of any
image, but under the symbol of a canopy, called kanaf, ..."
2. The One Primeval Language Traced Experimentally Through Ancient Inscriptions by Charles Forster (1852)
"The succeeding word I read as ,__&, kanaf; and, on looking for it, found a
definition, which, here at least, needs no comment, viz. kanaf, ..."
3. The One Primeval Language by Charles Forster (1853)
"... kanaf; and, on looking for it, found a definition, which, here at least, needs
no comment, viz. kanaf, ..."